Catchup. Spelled Right, Right?

Ok, yes my birthday was 2 months ago. Ya. Ya. It was a fun day, and I am not gonna lie, even though I'm 23 now...I still feel like I am 18 and I just graduated high school last year. Ugh, it has not been five years, it has not been five years. :/    Well anyways, my dear sweet husband made my day special, threw me a little birthday party, made me a REd VeLvEt Cake all by himself!!!, & made me the coolest jewelry hanger you've ever seen! Its an old window he got a few years back from a house he was painting! He is the best! :) Honestly, he had me at Red Velvet....

 

And as usual, after my birthday comes Christmas Eve. It was so fun to just be our little family together in our jammies, Rome was a party pooper though haha!

Cookies With Cousins

 Ryann ADORES her cousins. Especially Carter! Where you find Carter, there too you shall find Ryann! She is silly.  We made some sugar cookies and invited Matt & Jocey to come over and let the kids decorate them, it was lots of fun.

Aunt Jocey Boston Carter & Ryann Frosting Cookies

(Notice the Icing Pouch in a Certain Someone's Mouth haha)

 Boston LOVED decorating Cookies!!!

 

                                                                                            Mr. Carter

Will's Christmas Tree he's so Proud of                         

       

       

       

       

     

  These are my sweet baby boys
 <--Ryder Ray
        and
Rome William

Born eight weeks apart, they are so cute together! Ryder is so tall and Rome is so small that they stay about the same size all the time. It is so fun having babies the same age as Jocey!!! Rome really enjoyed his fist sugar cookie!!

Oh how I wish this picture was better quality.  Ah!!! It captures perfectly my DIVA QUEEN. Miss Thing has an attitude the size of LA! She refuses to keep all of her clothes on, hence only the mini skirt. Did I mention she eats at least one otter pop a day??? I swear, every hour on the hour I hear, "Sickle??" I just love her.

Poor Bebes...

My Poor Little Poopsies had croup right before Thanksgiving, and our Dr. recommended we take them outside to breath in the cool air to help settle the inflammation in their little lungs.  Needless to say Rome did NOT enjoy this, and sweet Ry couldn't even stay awake for it, so she snuggled up to Aunt Nat and fell asleep!

Christmas in Midway

The Polar Express

 

Brummond Fam

 *A Few Magical Moments*

 My Little Carter

Yep. That's My Kid....

 Ryann's Experience with Santa HAHA

 Rome's Experience with Santa:

"I don't know about you......

 ....Oh you're gonna give me a bell!? Then...I Love You!!!"

Is there any place on Earth I love so much as Midway.....No Way Jose!!! Will & I went on our Honeymoon to Midway, so I can't tell you how excited I was that Will's parents decided to have Christmas there! I love the little Swiss village, the unique architecture, and the mountain views are to die for! We only got to stay for 2 nights, but it was worth every second.  Jim & Sue (Will's Parents) wanted to celebrate Christmas with all of us & they paid for us all to go for a ride on the Polar Express.  Of course my babies are still too little to fully appreciate the magic of it all, but they had a blast!!! It was such a fun memory to make! Nana & Papa gave all the kids little Santa hats before the ride, this is our attempt at a picture:

 Ryann and Rome ADORED their soft blankies from Uncle Mike

 

And they LOVE their Disney Movies from Nana & Papa on a weekly basis!!!

 

But I'm pretty sure the best gift of all was a tiny bell from a man in a red suit, to a very grateful happy baby boy.

 

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving this year was so much fun.  And a tad stressful.  Why you ask? Because I was in charge...of making Thanksgiving dinner! There is so much that goes into the whole meal, holy cow.  I think this year it really set in how much my mom and aunt really put into each and every Thanksgiving before this one.  But, I am proud to say, everything but the green beans turned out wonderful!!! And how ridiculous I am, that I didn't even take one picture of the PERFECT turkey I made??? BLeh. Oh well~ I took pics of the fam & the pie, that's all that really matters right? This year I am most grateful for my beautiful family, wonderful new home, and that my family is not crazy..........as we used to be!!!!!!
             

                                                                 Rome's First Thanksgiving

                  Dad, Hal, Ryann, Trent & Nat

Rome ADORES his Uncle Trent------------------>

Britt & Chauntelle

Us

<---My Beautiful Lemon Meringue

My Sad Pumpkin Pie that I accidentally flumped a potatoe onto! :(  ----------->

                Natalie's Perfect Lattice Apple Pie!!!

Yeah, I think the Crocker's & Crane's are Related ;)

  No Holiday is complete without a round of GIANT JENGA!!!!

As Usual...

Our plans changed! Things happened in a whirl wind of events, but I know that every single event that happened was God leading us right to where we are now.  Will got a job in Midvale, and we planned on moving somewhere close-I was leaning towards Draper, and Will was wishing South Jordan! We packed all of our stuff that was originally packed for Texas into another Uhaul (Thanks Ken!!) and headed for the Salt Lake Valley.  I was so sad to leave my Mom & Ken, & Dad & Hallie, & Will's Fam, it was so nice having all the grandparents so close.  But Will & I were ready for the next chapter, whatever it entailed.  We arrived in Logan to stay with some friends while we scoped out the cute house I found in West Jordan & finalized everything on Will's job in Midvale.  We drove down to SLC & I called to schedule an appt. with the property manager of the house I liked, and guess what. They JUST rented it.  Wow. I was devastated.  I thought, its ok, there are a million places down here, I'll go look at some of my other options.  All the while, Will kept getting calls from a guy that Trent knew, and really wanted Will to come work for him instead.  He was very aggressive, and wanted Will bad! So we met up with him, and he was a great guy.  A tad unorganized-but that's why he needed Will so badly! So now we had two job options, which was great-but confused things a little.  We drove to an adorable house up on South Mtn in Draper, and I was in love, it was in the cutest neighborhood, and it was so pretty! We walked IN the house, and yet again, devastation.  Evidentally a family with 5 boys had previously lived there. And it was EVIDENT.  I have never seen a more trashed home, its so sad to me what people can do to such a beautiful home.  We proceeded to view home after home after home......and nothing fit the bill.  I had a pit in my stomach the entire week.  I wanted so bad to give Salt Lake a try, obviously I had to because that's where Will's job offers were.  I thought it would be so fun to live by my friends down there too.  But every night that we would drive back to Logan, I would bawl. And bawl. And...bawl.  It just didn't feel right to me.  I just knew that Logan is where I want my kids to grow up.  Its where I feel at peace. It is just home. And I haven't felt that way about a place since I was little.  So we prayed and prayed about things, and felt that we needed to be here in Logan.  Great. More confusion! Everyone knows that Logan is no place to make money.  Its a college town, and the pay is nil. So we suffered trying to figure how on Earth we were going to pull this off. Here we were, homeless AGAIN, jobs in the air, AGAIN, and not knowing where in the world our little life was headed.  I was literally headed back to the depths of depression again, when I woke up Friday morning with a thought-maybe Will could talk to this guy that wants him to work for him so bad, and see if he could commute a few times a week! I thought there was no chance, no way.  But I kept thinking about it all day, and finally told Will-we just need to talk to him~ So we did.  There is no doubt in my mind that this man was put in our life for a reason.  He was completely willing to work with Will from Logan.  How amazing is that? Logan living, Salt Lake pay.  Wow~ To say I was relieved is the biggest understatement of the century. 

 

Now, to find a home in Logan.  We looked at a few places, and boy did I ever forget the garbage rentals around here. Mostly everything is super old (which I love and hate), but is mostly lived in by college students. Fun life, yucky house. Haha! We looked everywhere. At everything. I thought for sure we were headed back to apartment living.  I had seen this cute house all week on ksl, but thought there is no way we can afford that if Will is going to get a 'Logan' job. But now that he was getting a 'Salt Lake' job, maybe there was a chance! So I called the guy and we drove across town, pulled up to the cutest little blue house (i know right, blue!?) But from the second I walked in the front door I knew it was ours.  I could see my kids playing in the living room while I cooked in that kitchen.  It was honestly the biggest answer to all my prayers.  Will and I haven't had our own home in over 6 months.  I know that is nothing compared to what most people have to go through, but to finally have a place to call ours, was the most amazing blessing.  I could not be more grateful to my Father in Heaven for this sequence of happenings, it was so tough, (I know it may not sound so bad, but living it was intense). Will now works from home, pretty long hours, but it is so nice to have him here.  So, this is our cute new home, and I could not be an ounce happier. 

Once Again...

We are relocating! Back to Utah~WAHOO! I really can't believe how torn I am about it though.  Living with Gramma for the summer has been awesome, she is the biggest blessing, and my babies love her so so sooooo much.  Living close to my Dad again has been great, I love hanging out with him and going on random road trips to Vernal.  It has also been good to live close to Will's parents-Ryann and Rome have gotten to know them lots better.  Surprisingly, the summer & fall here have been gorgeous.  Hardly any wind AT ALL.  SHocker.....    But I know once the winter gets here, it will be a COMPLETELY different story, so thats one bullet I am fully enthused to dodge.  Living here has been good for me, I finally got up the nerve to do booths for my Astoria-and they did awesome.  Its hard because crafty stuff is a dime a dozen in Utah, and my stuff is nothing special there. Here-not so many talented stay at home mom's to compete with.  It was a great confidence builder, and I will be traveling back here to do lots of craft fairs.  Alas, it is definitely time to go.  Its amazing how living with people you love more than anything can be the greatest thing, and the worst thing. I am a thorough believer that families need space.  So despite the amazing time we have had, I'm afraid that my dear mother and husband will go WWE on eachother before the year is through.  LOL! So Will got a job in Midvale, and we will be moving to the 801 in........2 weeks!

Really?

Really, Tiarra, really?? Why do you suck so bad at blogging!? I need to keep a diary, but actually finding time to write words down on a piece of paper with a pen is like trying to find my lip gloss in the diaper bag....it ain't gonna happen! Will's Mom has this cute scrapbook of him when he was little, and she wrote down all the funny things he used to say and make her laugh-so until I actually have the time in my life to do a scrapbook, I seriously need to write about all the awesome things my kids do.  So I'm REALLY going to be better at blogging.  Really, Really!! Cause cute moments like this one,

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Need to be documented.

 

Smarty Pants

So Ryann is talking like a Parrot! She is smart as a whip, and is starting to string together small sentences. Example:
Mommy: La La laAAAA De Daaa (Singing)
Ryann: Stop!!!
Mommy: OOoOOhh La La Deee Daaah! La La Laaaa!
Ryann: (Puts hand Over Mommy's Mouth) DON'T....SING!!!!!
HAHAHA! I almost died laughing. But I lived. Shes hilarious!

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So I've had a secret photography blog since last fall...hehe.  I've got it together enough that I will share, although I have SO many sessions that are not posted! I recently did my first wedding for my friend Megan, it was so much fun, and sooo much work! I probably put a million extra pounds of pressure on myself to be perfect-but it was such a rush, and a serious workout lol! I loved it, and love her to death! Anyways, I love photography-I need creative outlets! Check it out! Click Here---->Photo[Ology]